Ultimately, “Most Wanted” is an inherently interesting true story that's told in a way that saps it of its excitement. The bold narrative structure doesn't quite live up to what it's trying to do.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 5, 2022

If you like a good yarn about the importance of investigative journalism, you'll definitely enjoy this... Oh, and Jim Gaffigan is really scary. He should be the bad guy in everything.

| Sep 3, 2021

A low-key thriller, short on action but long on intrigue.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 29, 2021

Olivier has said that if not for Victor Malarek, he may never have returned to Canada or be able to tell his side of the story. Unfortunately, none of these sentiments shine through in its visual representation.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 3, 2020

Writer/director Daniel Roby does a masterful job of keeping the trio of plot-lines clear, allowing the viewer to become engrossed in this extraordinary story.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Nov 27, 2020

Using blanched lighting setups and grainy effects, the film evokes those gritty 1970s true-crime films such as Midnight Express and The French Connection, and that's always a good thing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 28, 2020

Marred by some incoherent stylistic choices, Target number One is a solid thriller, with Harnett and the cast doing fine work.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 22, 2020

Most Wanted pulls off a surprise that elicited a gasp from me about halfway through the film. It grabs your attention and makes the viewer more invested in how the rest of the story will play out.

| Original Score: B | Sep 25, 2020

Much of the stuff with the investigation and dirty police feels wildly familiar to the point where it never really takes hold as a solid piece of drama.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 16, 2020

The back and forth storytelling works to the film's advantage, as do the strong lead performances by Pilon and Hartnett. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, Profanity, Drugs, etc. - also Available)

| Aug 7, 2020

Been waiting for a good Josh Hartnett movie? This is it. He delivers and so does this "based on a true story" plot. Welcome back, Josh.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 6, 2020

Gripping "Wanted" an unexpected tale of redemption.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Aug 5, 2020

It's a compelling, complex and captivating mystery thriller that makes use of all of the two-plus hour runtime that will be at the top of my 2020 film list.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 5, 2020

Most Wanted plays like an egregious copycat of tropes from Midnight Express and All the President's Men, but can't quite seem to convey the mood conjured in either of those films.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 1, 2020

Writer-director Daniel Roby unfolds the tale in a hard-edged period style, tracing complex connections between people on various sides of the drug trade.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2020

Most Wanted isn't the most original movie you'll see this year, the story it tells is deeply distressing, and despite its '80s trappings, it feels relevant to our current moment, making for an absorbing watch.

| Jul 30, 2020

Written and directed in a choppy and disjointed manner by Daniel Roby, Most Wanted ... is so hell-bent on making Victor [Malarek] look like the only hero ... that it cheapens the story by giving an unrealistic portrayal of the legal process.

| Jul 30, 2020

Hartnett, strikingly tall, lean and fearless as Malarek, conveys the bitter realities of a diminished press with diminished resources.

| Original Score: A | Jul 28, 2020

Most Wanted runs a little long and a little ragged, but it's still a solid adaptation of a mind-boggling, true-life story.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 27, 2020

"Most Wanted" is a decent film that's mostly undone by a lack of anything truly concrete to grab on to.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 26, 2020